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The Harvard Cup Human vs. Computer Chess Challenge has been organized by Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and took place six times from 1989 until 1995, played in Boston ^[1] and New York City ^[2] .

Editions

Edition	Man * Mach.	Man vs. Mach.		Winner	P	Best Program	P	Rank	Participants	CSVN site
Harvard Cup 1989	4*4	13½	2½	Boris Gulko, Michael Rohde	4	Deep Thought	1	5	8	Harvard Cup 1989
Harvard Cup 1991	4*4	12	4	Maxim Dlugy	3½	Heuristic Alpha	2	5	8	Harvard Cup 1991
Harvard Cup 1992	5*5	18	7	Michael Rohde	5	Socrates	3	3	10	Harvard Cup 1992
Harvard Cup 1993	6*6	27	9	Joel Benjamin	5	Socrates	3	6	12	Harvard Cup 1993
Harvard Cup 1994	6*8	29½	18½	Joel Benjamin	6½	WChess	5	4	14	Harvard Cup 1994
Harvard Cup 1995	6*6	23½	12½	Joel Benjamin	4½	Virtual Chess	3½	4	12	Harvard Cup 1995

External Links

• CSVN - History Man - Computer, CSVN site
• Harvard Cup Human vs. Computer Chess Challenge, old CSVN site
• Downloads | Man-Computer | Games, CSVN site
• Video : GM Joel Benjamin vs. Computer "Wchess" ("Harvard Cup" 1994)

References

1. ^ The Computer Museum, Boston from Wikipedia
2. ^ Larry Kaufman (1992). The 1992 Harvard Cup. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 3, No. 2

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